J2P: what change? Doing justice to poverty (2009)
This paper sets out Christian Aid's understanding of poverty, which is not simply a matter of people living on less than a dollar a day but much more complex. We see poverty, fundamentally, as a lack of power - economic power, yes, but also personal, social and political power.
Poverty is, at its core, political. We cannot solve poverty by giving people a little more than they have. Instead, we must work as part of a global social movement to create the freedom for people living in poverty to exercise greater power over their own lives. By recognising the true nature of poverty in all our work, we aim to challenge the structural causes.
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From local to global: stopping corruption from stunting development (2008)
Countering corruption is of fundamental importance in the battle against global poverty because of its impact on developing countries. Christian Aid argues that Western governments are not doing enough to champion legitimate business practices.
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'It's time to open up' (2004)
Ten years after the genocide in Rwanda: A Christian Aid report on government accountability, human rights, and freedom of speech.
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